American volunteer. (Carlisle [Pa.]) 1814-1909, May 24, 1860, Image 1

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"'I -SCSI < ( K, ( i- Hr A!i0EIl !
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,ctl ■ was, I haven’t a doubt,
:ct K. • discerned her wiugs;.
°, M . :’^R^lt T ia ftilr t 6 presume thoreare angels about
with Any. such things; .
besides j and wherever we go, . •
'^^fip^gh'Oarhearts may be ever s°cold,
UB ; \ to be witched by- sweet woman you
Cua ;”■ our life—and its*gold!
pure and brilliant blue,
sbo bad augel hair ;
'ton And her pretty mouth sbouc thro*
• • roses there j
‘ thc snow of her gentle breast,
yj ~ •■ Aj^\ -^jm^lighfei :pf her gentle brow,
■ ‘ • AndmOruttM^nd^ —and all the rest
\ now!
.ouli la-the-mndoeht days that are wasted and gone
, Sho and true to me;
p . And BtiUjft-jay soul that love burns on—
. r ■ , sea,,
' n %' liad wings, after all, and she flew
, the pitiless tide,* ~
» .^Qld’DeatU.loved her better than I,.and ho know
WD> " >* true Way to make her his bride.
m ‘ the rose of beauty.
krit : tbodrcmbling moonbeams quivered
•, r £# Over hill top, vale aud lea,
* And the stars wore throwing kisses
*l {. bright waves of the sou,•
nfp '% Andj the, dew-drop sweetly whispered ..
f " * f 'llovoriongs to the blushing rose,
£/, Audvtho blue waves of the streamlet
'■* } fulled the Idly to repose.
IUTr the golden light they lingered,
| ;. t the stars above,.
. her hand and whispered,
'■ v*ry words of love,*
the,moon that wanders,
itarry, silent sea, .
tore true and fpithful
“it’s loyo would ho.
BY LELIA.
ttlful and lovely,
by—star of light— '
ior shining tresses .
splendid than the night—
bor lips were rpao-buda,
th the evening'dew,
was like the marble,
10 veins creeping through,
diild in feeling,
h it? April tear;
i ... ... us-tho wild birds;. .
: doubt or fear,
b to him the purest. .
ioriv, (' the spirit’s mine,*. 1
|;,v, 1 Pdured licr young heart’s only incense
pUv ou a worthless shrine.
qiu& t -, ; . : grptV o'ol (I, and false, and faithless, •
alon? '- lefthcr all alone,
- ' C -Hbb\lgh her soft eyes might have molted
\ndfH as cold and hard as stono.
Impif.' * /Mnd sho ploud with fond caresses,
ir. Bagg6.d T him that bo would not go—
tier* Buthor wildest kiss was lavished
ft £(> ■. . * that dealt the blow.
;. ... - Slaye.Lalior in Charleston.
, - (Now York) Senti
w;.‘ - paper from Charleston,
of the system
fi «f in tlio condition of the
Y ■ slnves in
" .’■!■’*?? citVof' ; Dh'ai'JC3ton has a population of
sofdo ; what proportion of
y, not the means at
m haP4.4o;,;<£oi!ufn,Wy; determine; but judging
nit, - from-;tlio number; that is mot daily in the
pii«, streets,' I should say that at least 40,000 of
fK6!®;ooo.'ar6.dfAthd'' black race. The most
a though not all, are
fl, B lay%: , ; ldedrnvthjit a number are free, and
ijs; This may seem strange
nil to many Northern people—especially to that
itl(" understand or appreciate
»4»i “ mown ns slave labor, in
J; the services of another
"111
ilffii
ig of slavery as it exists
; and blit little of course
dty; but from my obser
am more fully conflfm
that the free States fail
id the system, as ivell ns
's of the ■ slave owners,
of the slaves themselves,
slaves who are diseon-
I, I have no manner of
:o majority are perfectly
ievor seriously think of
lever of. rebelling, if not
oution emissaries, I have
-1 he system of slavery is
th by the owners and the
Forth do of any business
;e the apprentice system
the master 1 does not con
ing a crime to take an in
br a term of years—say
m until he is twenty-one,
iprentieo consider ho is
ied because ho is thus
North a young man or
>ound out to another by
;uardiah until such ap
and the person thus
> has just as muoh con
is services as the slave
wo; the one can be flog
mod for indolence and
ie case just as the other:
v is just as much the
S fhF-v : ~. “J«. Mftvo here.is’to-hißs
he can bo seized and
f takon ; bgok,, to serve out his
tonhr~the one. for a term of years, the other
it is ihip, for. life.'. ’
„ -It iff the' name of slavery that has so many
It horrtM!iifiitJ to many frell-meaning people at
.aU appearances the slave is
happy here, as the ap
'l prontico is attheiNorth. Ho looks upon his
£ lot os one flxed'nnd appropriate to him, and
Iji the most of them become almost as much at
■Vtaehed ’to theit'Fmaators and tho masters to
; tU?imalavesV;af parents to tlioir children, and
vici'mm; there is far more friendship bo-
•but Thursday sionxi.va by
! B; BRATTON.
.During the trial of a case in the second
session of the Superior Court in Boston, re
oently, one of the counsel, who has a roputa-'
tion lor saying out of the way things, asked n
witness“ Now, sir, at the time, the commer
cial crisis convulsed the community of this
continent, and confounded the calculations of
tho cautious, how much was this lot of land
worth ?” To which tho witness replied, “Lot
mo C I”
tween the apprentices and their masters at
the North. I write this not as an apologist
or defender of slavery, but the result of the
impressions made upoA mo from ■what I have
seen. Let mo relate an incident.
At the house I am stopping is a bright mu
latto female, slave of some fifteen years of age;
she is sprightly, intelligent, can read, write,
sing and play the . piano. I proposed to her
that I would buy her of her mistress (who is
a widow;) she said she did not want to go, and
would not leave her mistress, as she know her
mistress would not part with her; I told' her'
I would give her mistress 82,000 for her, and.
when ■ she was th us tempted with the, above
sum spread out in gold before her vision, she
would consent to the transfer, the eyes of the'
colored girl grew watery, and her.lips quiv
ered, but she declared she would not go with
me from her mistress—that she loved her mis
tress, and her mistress loved her, but if I
would take her mistress along she would fol
low'.,. I subsequently related the conversation
to, the .owner, who smiled, and shaking her
head, said that no persuasion of any kind, or
money, could induce “ Grace” (the slave” to
leave her, and that ;that was the feeling of
nineteenth-twentieths of the slaves of the
South. .< ... I
A great deal is said at the North about the
neglect of the spiritual condition of the slaves;
as I have, said before, I have seen nothing of
plantation slavery, hut in, this city, I was very
much surprised indeed to see the largo at
tendance at church on the part of the negroes;
most every one has a hymn 'or prayer book,
and the congregations were very large. There
are a number of churches erected exclusively
for the colored brethren, some of which chur
ches are larger than the Presbyterian church
in Rome, and far better filled by the slaves
each Sunday, than any church in that village.
The most of the slaves 'are members of the
churches—generally, of the Methodist or Bap
tist denomination—and are very prompt and
regular in their attendance at the prayer
meetings and the other religious services.
The negroes do menial service here, and it
is very seldom an idler is seen. A negro beg
gar,never. . ■
Wasn’t Used To It.— When little blue
eyed Jenny Alton became, one snnny morn
ing, the wife of Sydney; Russell, half the girls
in Gleuvillo envied her the handsome, merry
husband she had won. Jenny was a sweet,
winsome creature, with wavy golden hair,
blue eyes, and a rosy little mouth, gentle in
heart and manner.
Three months after their marriage she bid
adieu to her. old homo and many friends, to
find, in the far West, some spot hallowed by
the name of homo.
Jenny soon, found her idol’s feet wore clay.
Nothing was in any way right, or at least
hewosn’t used to such things/ If Jenny’s
hair or toilet in any way was not as smooth
as if takonfrora a bandbox, my lord and mas
ter was certain to remind her that he had
never been-used to such things'at homo: She
played and sung charmingly in the days jof
mr courtship, but now ho so longed to hear
his sisters. They wore .so superior to her in
that respect. He could get nothing fit to oat;
everything was overdone or under-done, sea
soned too much or too little—in short, not at
all as ho had been used to having it.
A plain colored dress was sure to call out
the remark that ho wasn’t used to seeing the
Quaker dross ; 0116 ■with bright colors, that ho
did wish her taste whs different—she looked
“horribly” in such a flaming garb.
Such books as she read he couldn’t be in
duced to touch, according to his story, but the
fact is he generally managed in some way to
find out what they contained. An for her
writing homo so often, that was all foolish
ness; he wasn’t used .to seeing such things
from his sisters,- but .was deaf when his- wife
said: ■“ Of course not, for they lived scarce
five miles from their father’s/’ And then
their baby, ho was positive she didn’t care for
it, for ho had stayed at sister Smith’s and her
babies never, cried. lie wondered why she
wanted to name him Frank; it was silly to
care if it was her brother’s name,' especially
as ho wasn’t used to it.
Ho.tossed the precious letter from her'mo
ther in her lap, saying: “Here’s someynorp
nonsense from the old womanand when, - as
a short visit from her father drew to a close,
the tears sprung up into her eyes, ho
accustomed to see tears shed for such old dad
dies.
At homo everything was ncatas wax, but
nothing was over in order at his own homo.
Ho did Wish Mrs. llussoll would remember ho
wasn’t used to such disorderly housekeeping.
And so years, went by, and our rosy-cheek
ed Jenny grew palc and eare-m-orn, for the
poor little wife could do nothing right, try as
she would, and had she said: “ She wasn’t
usod to it,” she might have told the truth;
but Jonny was possessed of a spirit lowly and
of .long suffering, and so, for six .weary years,-,
she brightened the homo of her fault finding
husband, find then laid down to her dreamless
slumber under the gropn sward;
A year after, the poor man took to his homo
a gay, .dashing, black-eyed widow, and thence
forth bbtlf he and his two littlo*ipotherless
children mot with much they “ wasn’t used
There came a time .in after years when ho
looked back with tear-dimme'd .eyes to the
brief time spent with his lost Jenny, ns the
brightest of his life.- But the grave will'not
give back the dear one's to orir arms,'nor Wish*
mg sweep away forever our unkind words.
Out Door Exercise for Females. —Among
the many advocates of this who are now start
ing up in different phrts of the world, wo are
glad to: recognize Miss Harriet Mnrtineau.—
That celebrated lady, past the allotted “three
score and ten” of human life, and after her
immortal contributions to the statistics of po
litical life; has something to say regarding the
physical condition of her sex; and while on
that subject is quite as comprehensive and ns
graphically eloquent as she was, years ago,
while treating familiarly matters on which
even statesmen had shown themselves poorly
informed. Miss, Martineau seems to be all
heart for the outdoor exorcise of females
whether they inhabit the city or the country.
Fresh air and uncrowdod. thoroughfares are
attainable by the former, if they will only
take the trouble to seek them, just as the ad
vantages of town life are within the reach of
the latter, with a little exertion, Likoagood
philosopher, Miss Martineau. recommends an
alternation of the two:—exorcise in the day,
reading and amusement in the evening; and
concludes by fortolling for those who follow
her advice, health, cheerfulness, and many
days. No doubt, she is perfectly right.
AN INQUIRY.
Mb. Editok ;—Can you inform mo and o
ors ns ignorant as I, what is the reason for
tho, prevailing fashion, among -females ■ of
wearing their dresses so long as to drag‘on
the ground and in wot "weather become satu
rated with water and filth around tho bottom, I
so that four or five inches of the lower part of
tho dress, in a wet day is more like a mop
than the genteel attire of a lady ?_
Inquirer.
Remarks.— Wc wish, in the first place, to
caution our unsophisticated friend, Inquirer,
against hastily, as he seems to have done, at
least by imlendo, setting up his own private
judgment against the awful mandates of
fashion.
2. 'We wish to promise one tiling which our
good friends will assent to at ohee; namely,
there may he the best, reasons for a certain
fashion, although those reasons may, be hid
den from him. , '
3. We advance a step further, and affirm
that the very fact that the reasons for a. cpr
tain fashion are hidden from us, may be the
strong argument for the continuance of the
fashion. This may seem at first very unsat
isfactory to Inquirer, but the whole thing.will
bo made plain to him in a minute, when he
considers, . ’ ,'
4. That the reasons for the fashion alluded
to maybe deformed feet, which deformed foot,
as reasons for the fashidH, are concealed from
view by these long dresses; and heneo.tlio
reasqns for the fashion, namely, the deformed
feet, being concealed, is the strong argument
for the continuance of the fashion, inasmuch
as it is the object of the fashion to conceal the
feet. ■
5. While wo trust the above reasoning will
bo entirely satisfactory to our correspondent,
and to all other reasonable men, there are
other reasons perhaps equally satisfactory;
and before proceeding to state them, we wish
to promise once more what our friend will as
sent to as sOon as uttered; namely, that no
person chooses misery just for the sake of
misery. _ Rut many ladies do choose to follow
the fashion in question with the full knowl
edge of all the misery it will entail. It is not
plain then, that a public good, and not the
misery entailed, by these trailing dresses, is
the real motive, in case the foot are not
formed? Ladies are proverbially arid justly
regarded as more benevolent than men, and
have often been known to suffer for public
good what few men would suffer. Now.it
often happens .that our streets become.very
disagreeable, ospeciall in wot weather. . What
can more strongly impress, a man with the
disinterested, self-sacrificing heart of woman,
than to see her going before him cleaning ■ off
the wot arid dirty sidewalks,’ and-mopping.out
the filthy gutters for his accommodation, at
the certain sacrifice of all her own comfort—
the sacrifice of decency even, and-the immi
nent risk of life!
6. Another motive may bo duty, certain
conscientious persons feel to.afcknowlodgb how
■highly they ..are favored Above many, of the
poor around them, in being able to spoil a
new dress every time it rains.
Courtship in. Egypt.
Last autumn, a.boung'lady loft Dundee for
Alexandria, to visit relations in that oily.—
As the passengers were landing at Alexan
dria, a richly attired Turk advanced to look
at the arrivals, and seemed instantly struck
with the damsel frorii “ bonny Dundee.” He
approached her and suddenly flung a string
of figs about her neck. The captain of the
ship came forward and informed his bewild
ered passenger tliat the gift was a token of ad
miration and affection. The matter speedily
became serious. Through the medium of an
interpreter, the Turk entered into conversa
tion with the captain, and inquired the sum
for which he would bo willing to sell the la
dy ; ho had nine wives already, he said; but
could he possess this new beauty, she would
bo the Queen and “ Light of his Harem.”—
The captain,, for the sake of a joke, replied
thather price was 60,000 piastres (about £500.)
The Turk grumbled at the enormous demand ;
it was just double, he said, what lie. paid for
I his most handsome Circassian, Georgien or
Mingerlian, ever brought to the Alexandrine
markets The captain, however, stuck to his
price ; and so the parties separated. But on
the following morning, when the captain was
escorting the lady to the residence of her rela
tions, the Turk again made his appearance,
and, throwing another fig necklace around the
lady’s neck, intimated that he was prepared
to give the requisite suml Hero was a di
lemma. But the captain soon cleared him
self. “Foh!” said he, “you’re too late; I
sold her yesterday for a thousand piastres
more; so you’ve lost her.” The same young
lady was, married the other day, in Dundee
Thrift and Hearth.— By returns made to
the Register-general in Franco, it appears
that persona who are “well to do,” live, on an
average,- eleven years, longer'than those who,
are dependant on their daily labor. One rea
son for this is, the health-giving influence of
composure of mind; another, that forohanded
ness removes the necessity for hard exposures.
The same important truth is shown by the
fact that the average of life of those who be
long to the Society of Friends, in England, is.
soiiTe .fifteen years greater than of others in
the same sphere of life) the Friends being, the
world over, models of thrift and quiet compo
sure.-
As judicious economy promotes thrift, we
propose it to our readers as a good medicine
—a medicine safe and efficient, applicable to
all climes,- countries and classes. It is “hftVd
to take” to sortie, bht steady persistence in its
practice soon make's it a habit, when it is ra
ther easier to bo economical than to be‘ extra
vagant. , .
Extravagance, waste, and carelessness ntft
onlwruin those who practice thorn, but have
a demoralizing effect on those who may bo
benefited thereby in a material point of view.
Persona seldom thrive whoso occupations or
modes of obtaining a living depend bn olidnoo,,
are in a great measure fortuitous or uncertain
—-such as gamblers, stock brokers, robbers,
wreckers, hunters, miners, office-holders, apd
speculators in general. Hence those parents
are wisest jvho bring up their children to the
expectation of making a living or becoming
rion by some occupation which brings with it
gains which are moderate, uniform and steady.
As a general rule to young men, the first po
litical or salaried offices, the first bet won, the
•first successful speculation, is at the same time
tho first step towards material unthrift, to
wards moral degradation, and towards a pro
mature of Health.
Good Advice. —He gave good advice who
said: If you are in trouble, don’t tell of it to
every person you moot. Not one in a hun
dred will sympathize with you. Some may
speak a word of comfort, to turn away and
ridicule you, but precious few will laugh loss
freely, or engage with loss earnestness in tho
business of fife. Troubles, in nine cases out
of ton, aro liko threatening clouds, which soon
vanish.-•
■ CARLISLE,, PA., TfIDBSDAY| I(AY M, 1860.
If wo were called upon to describe Mrs.
Dobbs, we should, without hesitation oall her
a Sympathising woman., Nobody,
led with any malady she hadn’t suffered.
“ She knew all about it byjoxjierience, and
could sympathize with thcm fromtbo bottom
of her heart.” ” '*
Bob. Turner was a wag, and when one day
ho saw Mrs. Dobbs coming alobg the road to
wards his house, he know, that ip the absence
of his wife he should be callcduponto enter
tain her, so ho resolved to play a.little on the,
good woman’s abundant store offiyiiinathy.
Hastily procuring a large blapket, he wrap
ped himself up in it, and threvr-himself on a
sofa near by. "V. ■.
_ “Why, good gracious! Mr. Turner, are you
sick?” asked Mrs. Dobbs,as shfe-saw his posi
tion. . , ' ■ ■
;. Oh, dreadfully,” groanetofe imaginary
invalid., ./" ■ '
“ What’s tho mtttfdr?’ , ‘ ! ' ■ T
• “Oh, Mrrtwnd fore?
most, rvo.got a-.cbnEestion'of thc brain.”
“ That’s Dobbs.—
“ I came pretty neaif dyjngbf it ten years to
come next spring; f;;Wbnf elset^
“ Dropsy .’ngaibgroane'djlpb^
‘tThore l oan kympatbize wiiluyou. I was
troubled with jt,;biit it.” ,
,“ Neuralgia,”.;bphtihuedißobJi:.‘ •
“Nobody can tclli-Mr. Turner, what I’.toj
suffered from neuralgia.. It’s,ah awful com
plaint.” :
“Then again I'm vory?piuoli distressed by,
inflamation of the bowels.’V. v.,. '
, “ If you’ve got that, I pity you,” commented
Mrs. Dobbs; “ for throe: years* steady I was
afflicted with it, and I don’t think I’ve fully
recovered yet." ; .
“ Rheumatism,” added. Boh.' ’
“Yes, that’s likely to go along with neu
ralgia. It did with me.”
’ “ Toothache,” suggested Boh. • : in;
“There have'beeu times,, Mr. Turner,£gid
the sympathizing woman, when I thought-!
should go distracted with the toothache.”
“ Then,” said Boh, who haying temporarily
ran out of. medical terms; resorted to" a'scien
tific name, "I’m very, much afraid that I’ve
got .the ietliyas dries !". , t ,,
“I shouldn’t ho at all surprised,” said the'
ever, ready Mrs. Dobbs; I hadjit when I was
young.” •' ’ .
Though it was with great difficulty that he:
could resist laughing, Bob continued:
“I am suffering a good deal from a sprain
ed anclo.” j
“Then you can sympathise.with me,.Mr.
Turner. ‘ I Sprained mine when I was coming
along.” •■-Kl ' '
“But that isn’t the worst of it.”
“ What is it?” asked Mrs. pobbs, with cu
riosity. . • ’ ■
“ I wouldn’t tell any one but you, Mrs.
Dobbs, hut the fact is”—-lioilo-Bob. groaned—
“l’m afraid, pud the doctor agrees ivlili ivnv
my reason is' affeotod- r Th!ttrba : short, I’m a
little’crazy-
Bob. took breath and : w^am - ed vthat Mrs.
Dobbs would say to that. - '■
“Oh, Mr. Turner, is it possible?” exclaim
ed the lady. "It’s horrible 1 ; I know it is.—
I. frequently have spells of'being out; of .my.
head myself I” ■ : 1
Bob. could stand it no longer, ho burst into
a roar of laughter, which Mrs. Dobbs taking
for the processor of a violent,paroxysm of in
sanity, she was led to take a hurried leave.
“Mary,” said George, “next summer I will
not have a garden. Our pretty tree is dying;
I won’t love another tree as. long as I live; I
will have a bird next summer, and that will
stay all winter.”
“George, don’t you remember my beautiful
canary? It died m the, middle of,summer,
and we planted bright flowers in. the ground
where we buried it. My, bird did not live as
long as the tree.”
“Well, I don’t see as- wc can love anything.
Dear little brother. died before the bird, and
I loved him better than any bird,-or tree, or
flower. Oh! I-wish I could have something
to love that would not die.”
The boy paused. During the school hour
George and Mary had almost forgotten that
their tree was'dying, but at evening, as they
drew their chairs to whore their mother was
sitting, and began to arrange the seeds they
had been gathering, the remembrance of the
tree came up before them.
“Mother,’ said Mary, “you may give these
seeds to cousin'John; I never want another
garden.” , 1
‘‘Yes," added George, pushing the papers in
which he'had carefully folded them, towards
his mother,, “you may give them. If I could
find some seeds, of a tree that would never
fade, I should like then to' have a garden. Is
there any such garden, mother ?”
“Yes, George, I have regd of a garden where
the trees never die.”
Perth- Courier
“A real garden, mother?”
“Yes, my son, in the middle of the garden,
I have been told,' there run? a pure river of
water clear, as crystal, and on each side of the
river is the tree of life —a tree that-never
fades. That is the garden of Heaven. There
you may love and love forever. There will
be no death, no fading there,’ Let your trea
sure bo in the tree of life, and you will have
something to which your heart can cling
without and without disappointment.
Love tho Savior hero, and ho will prepare you
to dwell in these green pastures; and beside :
those still waters.”
A wild man of the .woods, who speaks
French in a manner not,Sit .all wild, is fur
nishing a local topic to the New Orle'ahs pa
pers.-. Ho was caught in a clump of bushes
on a plantationy thirteen miles below the city,
armed with a revolver, which unpleasant in
strument he popped at every prssenger along
the road; _ Having frightened an entire par
ish out of its wits, a strong force was muster
ed to capture him, and that job was safely ac
eomplished. Nobody knoWs him, - nor, will he
give; any account of himself. Some of the
papers regard him as an Abolitionist in dis
guise, and there is a talk of hang him at a
'verdure...'
Young Joseph Smith one his mother, son
and wife of Prophet Joseph, of Mormon noto
riety, lately, attended a conference of Mormons
hold in the State of Illinois, at which time
Joseph,and his mother were both baptized in
the faith, and young, Joe .was ordained head
high priest and prophet by them. Joe, pro
tends that ho was led. by the spirit of God to
do so, but a letter-writer says, “I am of opin
ion that the spirit of speculation had more to
do with it than God had, ns the family is very
much in debt, their property being all mort
gaged, and Joe is to receive $20,000 ,p0r year
for his use.” They are to start next fall for
Council Bluffs, when those Mormons at Salt
Lake who wish to leave Brigham Young, can |
do so and join Joe in the Bluffs. Joe has
published his manifesto. Ho is opposed to )
polygamy and disobedience of the laws. ,1
The Synipatliising Woman.
The Tree lliat Never Dies.
John Bull Very Fair.
Tho London Standard talks in a very frank
and manly way about the probable visit of the
Prince of Wales to our country;
“If the Prince does them, they
will .give him a cordial and hearty welcome.
They are republicans, and, in theory at least,
republicans do hot care for personal rank.
They are hot caught by titles, and a ‘lord of
high degree' possesses no special claim to their
respect. We might, probably, hero raise an
objection on the very threshold, but we prefer
to think that our Yankee friends are sincere
when they toll us that ‘what ;they may lack in
of the personal rank of the '
vfl. ® W a l es j they will make up for in their,
desire to do honor to the future ruler of a I
great nation, and to the son of a Queenwhose i
purjty of character and' moral firmness have I
enabled her to resist the temptations of a dan
gerous position/ Wo venture to think, how
ever, that in spite of this protest against tuft-'
hunting, there are not a few Americans who
will bo very glad to get a sight of a live prince.
It will bo something new to look, upon the
representative of one of the old royal houses of
Europe. The sternest of llcpublicans will
Srobably. not refuse to pay his homage to the
oscendant of that king from whom the pilgrim
fathers fled. He may even think that what
seemed- like a curse was in reality a blessing,
and be thankful for the fate which drove his
ancestors to seek a now homo across tho At
lantic. Bo that as it may, wo are very siire
.-.that the young prince Avill receive in America,
■if. he goes there, a', willing and enthusiastic
welcome.’ There can bo no doubt that’ the
prince would not recross the Atlantic without
having, at least, paid a visit to the States, and
if tho reception were public, it would bo ac
cepted as a proof that tho American people
are glad to recognize officially the bpnd of un
ion, arising from a common origin and a com
mon language, which should always subsist
between tho two countries. A visit of the
.Prince of Wales to America would bo some
thing more than an ordinary royal visit, for it
.ought to mean that, so far as the great prin
ciple of political liberty is concerned, there is
no real difference of opinion between English
men and Americans. We have; indeed, had
bccasion very frequently to criticise the insti
tutions, of America. We,do not like them,
and by every means in our power, wo shall
rendeaver to prevent their establishment in
this country. At the same .time, while we
would lino pur- coast with fortresses to prevent
the intrusion of the ballot box Into these do
mains,, we do hot feel called upon to quarrel
with the, Americans ■ because they happen to
think otherwise/' .. -
The Loafer.
The jnost miserable, hopeless scrap
' inanity, is ntt idle man—a man whosoipliief:
aim of life is to “loaf ’ —to waste' in li'sfcfess'f
lounging :an4 mental and physical inaction,
the best years of : his life. There are a num
ber of.such beings hero and in. every other
town, miserable loafers,, whoso solo .occupa
tion ds;. to - iiy.vid employment of any hind—
whoso lives can scarcely be CalledlivVs—who
die one after another, aiid leave behind them
—what?* A vacancy to bo mourned? No,
for they are in themselves vacancies, not men.
To these atoms society owes nothing. The
history of- the world’s progress ignores their
names, their existence, and being dead,.the
grave contains no more inert, worthless earth
than ,it did before. They . become - chronic I
nuisances; they have no local habitation or
name in so far.as regards their worth or val-|
ue, and from, day to day,'in the haunts of)
busy men; the pass current as unourrent funds j
—at so much of a .discount that they can’t
even pass themselves. The '■only apparent
exertion they exhibit is that which enables
them to be eternally in somebody’s progress
and business. They never do any special
harm, and never accomplish any good. They
die only when they get too lazy and indolent 1
to use their respiratory organs. They never
got the consumption, because they havn’t-en
ergy enough tbebugh. They give employment
to nobody, for they have none for themselves.
It costs more to get them, to the polls to
sit their votes, than their votes, carcasses and
and the entire election,is worth. From these,
and such of these, may fortune preserve a
well-meaning mortals
A Tale oe Unrequited Love. —The editor
of the .Ureka JJuign relates as 'follows how he
once got in love and “apt the mitten
We were never, kina reader, “desperatein
love’' but once, and that was with a red—rip,
auburn-haired girl; with a freckled complex
ion, who had but a few pretensions to bounty;
but then she had such really beautiful eyes,
deep liquid orbs, through which her soul, in
moments of tenderness, looked out in passion
ate fervor, and, in.joyous mirth dashed and
sparkled.with the light of a* thousand dew
drops—diamonds, wo wore going to say—but,
wo never saw a. thousand diamonds. Her
name was Laura—which, when breathed soft
ly by a very soft lover, is a very sweet name
—ahd her clear ringing laugh fell around you
like a shower of silver bolls. Moreover, she
wore a dark, wine colored-dress, trimmed with
lilac colored velvet and black fringe, with a
neat little white collar of line lace, which is
the prettiest of dresses, and,has the effect to
make a very plain girl to look absolutely
charming. She never perforated her car, to
hang thereby a pendulum of glass or brass,
and the only ornament on the little, white
hand, which needed none, was a plain gold
ring, sacred to the memory of a maiden pro
mise., Well, ope evening—it was moonlight
in the summer time—we sat alone' on the
porch, by the cottage door, holding that little,
■ white hand in a gentle pressure, but one arm
had stolon from her waiat, and a silent song
°f joy, “like the music of the night,” was in
our soul. Our lips mot in a sweet, delicious
kiss, and bonding softly to her ear, we whis
pered the tale of passionate devotion—wo pro
posed. In a moment she tdro her hand from
ours, arid with a look of ineffable scorn, sbe
said, in a, voice , trembling, with' suppressed'
rage, “What! marry an editor 1 Yeou a
out I". Wo slid
The Vermont Patriot tolls a story of an
old usurer, who wont, one day, to visit a forr
mor borrower, who had since, fortunately,
•grown from poverty to independence. They
went into the garden. Passing a walk flanked I
on either side with flowers of great'beauty I
and variety, ho. came to a potato patohi when
he exclaimed, “My friend, you'll have a fine
crop of potatoes there I" “That’s just like
you," said the* proprietor,-“when gentlemen (
and ladies pass through my garden they look .
at the flowers, but when a d d hog comes (
in, all ho can see is potatoes I"
fty-The following resolution,' which was
adopted at a mooting of young ladies, in a
neighboring town, some days since, shows tho
effect of leap year upon tho female sox :
“ Resolved, That if wo don’t got married
this year, somebody will ho to hlamo.” ,
Very likely. But we hopo the Indio’s will
not “ blnmo” tho men, as usual, for this is not
tho men’s year to do tho courting.
Ilubils 0/ Animals,
Between the bate and the carnivorous ani
mals there are two or three families which
naturalists have agreed, to call insectivorous, ■
from their, usual food. The mold, or Talpa, is
the first of these. It possesses, in common
with the inseotiyone, sharp, conical teeth
which,sprve to break the hard wing Cjffigrs,
&0., of the insects upon which they fecdft|«*Jic
mole, lives under tlio- ground, and is never
driven, except by an inundation, to leave the
network of galleries and cells with which ho
pierces the ground in every direction. With
his,long, sharp,snout bearing, like that of the
hog,.a. ring of cartilage, he opens his burrow,
apd with his powerfiil foro feet excavates his.
way with great rapidity, packing the earth
away 6n each side as he 'proceeds. Ilis eyes
are completely concealed until the thick, soft
fur is turned up, when they appear like small,
shining points, which are, undoubtedly, per
fect organs of vision, although they cannot
range over an extensive field. . They have no
external oar, but a small opening may bo dis
covered by proper scrutiny.. Notwithstand
ing this seeming defect, the. hearing of the
mole is. remarkably acute, and aids himin'dc
tecting the motions of his prey,' as well as in
escapingdanger. They are the cleanest of
animals, although they livo : constantly in the
soil; they avoid all wet, muddy places,.and
their furs retain no' particles of dirt. They
move with equal facility backwards or for*
wards, their fir ’ falling 'smoothly either way.
The female builds her nest in a hillock of
earth which she raises above the general level,
of the ground, that it may not bo drowned by
every rain, and fills with leaves and dry grass,
taking care to have a dozen or so galleries
running from the. nest in every direction, in
which she and her, .young may escape when
danger approaches. Although the mole ab
hors water,it can swim like-most animals,
and mdy be seen escaping in this way, when
low meadows are inundated by a freshet. It
is even recorded that moles have taken pos
session in the midst of a lake, of a deserted |
island by swimming from the, nearest point ol
land. •
The mole is not so abundant in this coun
I try as in England, and throughout the conti
nent of Europe. It exists; however, in con
, sidcrable numbers, everywhere in the North
I Temperate zone, hut has never been found in
; South America, South Africa, or Australia,
t In England they are so numerous that inolo
, catching, has been a profession, and in France
M. Le Court thought the matter of sufficient
importance to demand his whole time and at-'
. tontion. It so happened that thij skill of Lb
Court saved a large And fertile 'district from
inundation by a canal,-whose banks thoxnoles
were undermfng. /Varieties, suck ns the shrew,
mole, the star-nosed mole, &0., tire found, but
1 itheir. habits present the same peculiarities
i iWitli tho, common mole, above described.' .
'/ The sJireids form another family of tho.clhss
Ilf iusectivorm. These do not burrow like the
mole, but frequently enter thp galleries alrea
dy excavated! ■ The smallest of known tpiad
rupads belong to this family.
: TbC, hedgehog'aljtn, belongs.to this order,
They are found nearly all 'over Europe, Afri
ca, and the East Indies.’ In England it is
found about the size of a large rat, or .six or
eight inches in length, while in this country,
we find it twelve or fourteen inches long, and
weighing sometimes fifty pounds. It lives on
lizards,. toads and worms, and runs quite
om the ground, but when’ overtaken
rolls itself into a ball, presenting only amass
of prickly spines. If it is engaged in eating,
When disturbed, it frequently rolls Up dinner
and all, and is unrolled with the greatest' dif
ficulty. Its sping covering proves a sufficient
protection against dogs, who are surolto fill
their hoses with the stinging quills, if too ea
ger. The quills adhere loosely to the body of |
the animal, but most closely to anything in :
which’ the point is inserted, on account of the i
rough barb which terminates them. I
The hedgphog burrows iu the ground, and
remains in its ncstfin a torpid condition thro’
the winter. Its sagacity is celebrated in an
tiquity. Plutarch says that a.citizon of Cyzi
c.us became quite noted as a'mathematician
from hi?';ibility to’predict the'changes of the
wind. v.u.-ayjpg ;noticed. that the hedgehog
v l(> , openings to its burrow invari
ably '- that which faced the wind, and
tor 1 'O-?: change some time in advance, he
jur if fr-tise of the sagacity of this anirhal to help
Jt-.aself to a high position among the people, i
The. last family of this order is represented
by but one genus, the Bauxrings of the Island
of Sumatra. It appears intermediate between
the shrews and. squirrel. It lives in trees,
which it climbs with groat agility, and devours
the insects with which they are-infested,.
: The Fable of the AV axderino Jew.— The
legend of a Jew over wandering and never
dying, even from the crucifixion of Jesus to
this day, has spread over many European
countries. The accounts, however, ns in all
fables,-do not agree. One version is this:
AVhon Jesus was led to death, oppressed ,by
the weight of the cross, ho wished to rest him
self near the gate at the house of a shoemaker
named Ahasuorus. ‘ Tliis man, however,
sprang forth and thrust him away; Jesus
turned towards him, saying, “I shall rest,'
but thou shalt move on till I return.” From
that time ho has hud no rest, and is obliged
incessantly to wander about. Another version
is that given by Matthias Parisonsis,Aa monk
of the thirteenth century:—When Jesus was
led from the tribunal of Pilatus to death the
door-keeper, named Oartaffipus pushed him
from behind with his foot, saying," ‘‘ walk on
Jesus, quickly; why dost thou tarry ?” Jesus
looked at him gravely, and said, “I walk on,
but thou shalt tarry till I come.” And this
man, still alive, wanders from place to place, J
in constant dread of the wrath to come:. A
bird legend adds that this wandering Jew
falls sick every hundred yearsj' hut recovers,
and renews his strength; hence it is that,
oven after so many centuries ho does not look
much older than a eoptugenarian. Tims much
for the legends.- Not one of the ancient au
thors makes oven mention of such an account.
The first who reports some such' thing is a
[monk of 1 1 10 TSili century, when as is known
the world was filled witli pious fiction even to
disgust. However, the story has spread far,
so that it has hooomo a proverb,, “lie runs
about like a wandering Jew.” There are not
I persons wanting who assort to have scon the
wandering Jew. But when their evidences is
examined by the test of historical credibility,
it is found that 801119 imposter, had made use
of this fable to impose upon simple minded
people for some purpose, of his own; How
ever the legend is not altogether untrue; there
is a wandering Jew who roves about Europe,
throughout every century, Thisimperishablo
being is—prejudice against the Jews.
BS?". There is. a man in Indiana bo thin that
when the sh’orlft’ is after him he crdwls into,
his rifle and watches his adversary through
the touch-hole.
The Utah Judgeship.— Mr. Wilson, pres
ent United States Attorney for the territory,
and Hon. U. P. Flonniken, of Pittsburg, are
said to ho named as Judges for Utah.
(ibfrfl anti (Bnttjgr*
865“ Universal profession—that of' gold-*
chaser; •
Jo@” Profane'raen take a curserory view, of
things.
1 The miser, Hying in perpetual fear of ;
being robbed, robs himself; • ", •
JB2Y* When did Moses sleep five,in a bed ?:
when he slept with his forefathers,!
Prosperity is no just scale;, adversity
is the only true balance to weigh friends.'
An Irish newspaper advertises: “Wanted,':
an able-bodied man; as a washerwoman.”
There is a firm in Hew, York; tinder the •
mild and soothing title of Snap tfc Byte.
“Green but dangerous,” as the aspar
agus said to thd copper kettle in which it was
boiled; v
JB®* Whatever the wind may do in winter,'
it cannot be denied that in Spring it “ turns
over a now leaf.” :
Bgy If the Mexicans' wtint to learn, the se*’-
oret of stable government, they had better send..
for Mr; llarcy. , , •
B®" Singular ntarriage—'The man who
wedded an opinion found himself married to a'
one-eyed dear, (one idea;) ' ' '
. B®“ Wedded love is a delightful “ inititu
tion,” There is a world of poetry and solid
comfort.iu wedded love;
The Odd Follow’s hall at Pittsburg
has been sold at sheriff’s sale for §35,000, one
half its original cost.
• A fanny face and a handsome dress often
make a great belle;' but an hnraged bull
sometimes makes a great heller.
Bgy.Thh Prince of Wales is today the, cor
ner stone of a statue to his royal mother,’’ at-
Hamilton, C. W., during his visit.
Js®“ What a pity there is not some moral
specific, that might operate on impure minds
like an emetic on a foul stomach.
JJSr The suspension of the house of Perry,’
Treadwell &Norton, of the Eagle’Furnace,'
Albany, is announced.’ liabilities, 5600,-
000; ’
CS?" A man who’is not worth a dollar, and
who has no trade or certain employment, has.
no business to inveigle a young girl into mar
rying him’;
, The rats in’ it Western city are said to
have gnawed the foundations from under a
warehouse,’ undermining” the building, and
bringing if fairly to the ground. -
JtSp“ Daniel C.’ Eenyoh, the defaulting
Cashier of the East Greenwich. Exchange
Bank, R. 1, has beOneeutehcedto-eight years
imprisonment, in the State Prison.' ,
ICT" The Bishop of Reitz thanked the Bish
op of Lisioux for having consecrated him. “It
is for ine,” said the latter, “to thank you.' I‘
Was the ugliest hishop in France imtil-ypd’
wore elected.” . *. . .
I Iq ‘what t two Cases’ are precisely the
j same meails usod for directly opposite purpo--
J sea. Why, bars, to be sure. , ’ihoy are put on.
btmk windows to keep thieves out, and on-jail,
windows to keep them in. ' ,
It has been said that‘fit is-bettor td.
rgiv.e than to receive,” and. wo suppose that/
i Sayers and' lleenan fully appreciated this’ 1
truth when, they were interchanging blows"
within the ropesl . . ,
L . If wbrds'oonia kfll a rfforr or an evil/
all men and all ovils had been dead Jong. ago.
Ijut, luckily, words are as blank cortridges
it is no matter after the discharges. to cunnt,
the killed and wounded.’ . ■ 1
.K 7“ Take particular cure not : to ' Bp' tprf;
hasty. Before restarting to the arbitrament.of
arms, you should exhaust every means ofad
justinent ilnd conciliation that a Bravo man '
and a Christian could invoke in siioh an omor-‘.
gency. •_
K7* A Tennesseean, who is six feet six
inches long, and is buying horses in Ciucin-'
nati,- says ho is the shortest of seven brothers,’
the, heaviest one of whom weighs 330. pounds.’
The shortest one is pretty U'eariy as long as a
fence rail. , ■
[ • C7-A citizen ,of Alton, 111.’,, whoso house’
was assailed by. a moh not long'since, fired
sevoral charges of shot into the crowd, and"
wounded eight persons, one of Whom roooived'
ho less than twenty-tvi»o shot in different parts
pf Ids Idly.
C 7” As a matter of principle, we'Shoulct
say that no,man ought to allow personal,con
siderations, especially such as arc of au un-’
friendly character,’ to interfere in or with his
worship of God,"or his attendance at the church’ ■
of which he is a, memhor.
CT” The entire edition of‘‘Tho City Life,”
an obscene sheet puidiylied in Mow York, was
seized by the police, and two men, named
Benjamin F. Okie and Win: 11. Dayton, the!
alleged publishers of the paper, were arrested'"
and held for examination,"
DC7“ In the Supreme’ Court holiJon. at low- .
ell, Mass., before Judge Bigelow, Miss'Sarah!,
11. Trovis has just- recovered the' handsome’
sum of §3,00(1 from Mr. Abel Pond, because'
: the latter failed to come to time on a promise’
of marriage he had made to the ftiir plaintiff.'
’ST’ The “complete account, of the great
prize fight” says that Sayers "wont to grass” .
thirty-nine times', and Ifcennn.once.- iV’lmt a ■
pity that both Airihials' coiild' not have been'
' kept there ns long as Nebuchodnazzar. At
tiio expiration of tlioir grazing time they might
have come back respectable beasts. -
/ 10" The' J.ondon Times confidently pre- r:
/ diets that the Swiss will fight if Napbftoif
I sends French troops into the Northern provin
ces of Savoy,' S witzerland can bring an army
of 200,000 into the field in six weeks, of whom •
70,000 are the moat practical riflemen in the
world, and a.war in; Savoy might givo Napo- '
loon' considerable trouble. • ' .
■ICf It is desirable', undoubtedly, that hus
band and wife should pass through this vale
of tears “hand in hand,” but it is not abso
lutely nocotpry that they should symbolize',
their intention at the outset, by sitjtiug for ah
hour at a time with their digits,’ interlocked,;
at places' of public amusement, - . in railway
.cars and steamboat cabins, and in the public
rooms of hotels. y
SET” People say that they shell peas, when
they un-shell them - ; that theV. husk corn,-when'
they un-husk it; that they dust the furniture,
when they un-dust it, or : take the dust from
it; that they skin a calf when they un-skin
it; and. that they scale fish, when they t/;i
-scalo them. Wo have beard many men say
that they wore going to weed their gardens,
when wo thought their gardens Wore weedy
enough already. -
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